Get In The Streets, Sheep!!

Hundreds of people in Pakistan took part in nationwide protests and marches organized by the Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday against rising fuel prices, high taxes, and soaring inflation. (AP video by Jahanzaib Aurangzeb)

Not a woman to be seen. C'mon America, it's not as if you have anything to lose, show these Islamist pigs how to do it. Men, women & children, pitchforks & torches! Insurrection now, insurrection tomorrow, insurrection forever!!

Your World & Welcome To It

John Harwood / Zeteo:
How ‘Psychopath’ Trump's Mayhem Will Backfire in 2028 for Republicans  —  Steepening gas prices, Medicaid cuts, war with Iran... Norm Ornstein joins John Harwood to dissect how Trump's chaotic reign will far outlast him once he goes.  —  John Harwood, Norman Ornstein, and Team Zeteo

James Shotter / Financial Times:
Far-right Israeli minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each night  —  Itamar Ben-Gvir also calls for re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave  —  Israel should be killing “30 to 40” people each night in Gaza and should build Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave …
Al Jazeera:   Israeli minister calls for killing '30 to 40′ Palestinians in Gaza nightly

Julia Frankel / Los Angeles Times:   Israel's Ben-Gvir publicly advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ people in Gaza nightly

Financial Times:

Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump — FT poll  —  Democrats lead Republicans on economy just months ahead of midterm elections  —  Most US voters say they have become worse off under Donald Trump, according to an FT poll revealing mounting discontent with the president's handling of the economy and cost of living.

John Bowden / The Independent:   Most voters say they are worse off under Trump, new poll says

Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:   Another Deplorable Week in Review

Middle East Monitor:   Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump: Poll

After the electoral blodbath the Demonic Socialist Transgenderers will finally be able to cut off everyone's pecker!!

Beat The Reaper!!

I know there's not a humanoid or animal on this planet who gives a flying fuck at a rolling dough-nut about me, but just for the record ...

Considering my usual temp is 98.2 or so, I'm quite suspicious. Don't remember my forehead being read.

Lost 17 lbs. (7.25748 kg.) in the last three months. BMI is under the 25-27 that's good for wretches my age. No longer hypertensive or obese & may be able to stop a heart medication. Indeed, I've made BP measurements (when sitting calmly in the bunker, not in your horrid outside world of non-stop bullshit coming at me from every direction) like 81/53 that indicate low blood pressure.

No sarcasm for once; the croaker deserves a sincere thank you for prescribing me back to a semblance of physical health in less than six yrs. Dunno if he was desperate for patients; he was one of the attending physicians when I was hospitalized in Nov. 2020 (for "colitis", not the plague, but the plague was all over the hospital) & asked if I needed a doctor. Never refuse a volunteer. (Thanks to Medicare as well. We'll see if I outlive it.)

At last, my heart is truly black & my lips are cold.Still hate all the scum & slumlords, calmer or not. They won't get off that easily.

Meanwhile, On The Domestic Front ...

More Murder, Just Like Israel.

Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
How Trump's War on the Left Will Come for the Center  —  The far-left activists catching charges set a dangerous precedent for mainstream liberals  —  By and large, when my parents go to a protest, I don't worry about them.  Over the past few years, they've attended several of the large No Kings demonstrations in Fresno, California.

Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote  —  One of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, referring to disarray in his White House, was, “Sometimes the right hand doesn't know what the far-right hand is doing.”  More appropriately for the Trump White House: “Sometimes the far-right hand doesn’t know what the radical lunatic right-wing hand is doing.”

In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why.

Hix in Stix to get exactly what they voted for, good & hard!NB: Rolling Stone's website sucks hard. Fuck them & their pathetic incompetence.

Sad Shit From The (Un-)Holy Land

There Is No Word But "Nazi"

There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu

Israel’s Ben Gvir advocates killing ’30 to 40' people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage

None dare call it murder, either.

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir made the statement while speaking to a former Gaza-held hostage, Rom Braslavski, on Braslavski’s podcast. The two were discussing Israel’s recovery from the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, when Ben-Gvir criticized Israel’s recent drawdown of strikes in Gaza.

“It’s no secret, I disagree with the prime minister,” he said. “I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night. Not just those who pose an immediate threat — there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people.”

I dunno. What's it sound like to you? 

[AP & AP]

Big Brother Beverly Hills

Orwell didn't give much thought to exactly when the surveillance society could be practically implemented, but it's in full swing now. As good a reason as any to wear a mask out there.

Have some LAPD action as well.

As The World Turns ...

Miserable world on a dying planet.

Another Saturday In The Murder Capital Of The World

Well, that was certainly full of information. Thank you so much, AP.

Friday:

Teen boy among 6 dead including suspect in Michigan shootings; girl survived

Just 'phoning it in now. Easiest stories in the world. Angry asshole(s) w/ a gun or five has had it. Then, the body count. This fucking country is beyond absurd.

Ruins Reappear In Dried-Up Tiber

Soon this "civilization" will be nothing but ruins itself. No water, no life, losers.

Trump To Navy: GFY, Sailor Boys!!

"Supporting" Our People In Uniform

 Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:

Not Just the Lincoln: Families Describe Human Waste, No Food, No End in Sight Across Multiple Ships  —  Since MeidasTouch began reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, messages have poured in to MeidasTouch from military families and service members across multiple ships and even multiple branches.

Discussion:

Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:   Sailors on Aircraft Carriers Have “Virtually No Food, Water, or Soap”

TMZ.com:   U.S. Sailors Complain of Broken Toilets, Undercooked Food at Sea

Katherine Plummer / Military.com:   USS George Washington Heads to Middle East Amid USS Abraham Lincoln Condition Concerns

CBS News:   Sailor's dad expresses concern over conditions, length of deployment on USS Lincoln

Middle East Monitor:   US Senate minority leader calls for defense secretary's firing over conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

Joe Sommerlad / The Independent:   'Haven't had milk in three months': Sailor's texts reveal deteriorating conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln, report says

 Kevin Liptak / CNN:

Trump says USS Lincoln's deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed claims that families of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have concerns about conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which has been deployed for nearly nine months supporting operations in the Middle East.

Discussion:

Marianne LeVine / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Downplays Concerns About Conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln

Filip Timotija / The Hill:   USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home, acting Navy secretary says

Walter Einenkel / Staff Stories:   Trump says struggling sailors haven't been at sea ‘nearly long enough’

Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:   Trump Dismisses Sailors' Nightmare Deployment as He Escapes to His Private Club

Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:   'No they're not': Trump claims reports that families are worried about man-overboard USS Lincoln crew are lies

Odafe Oghen / TheGrio:   Families raise alarm over USS Abraham Lincoln sailors' mental health during extended deployment

Patty Nieberg / Task & Purpose:   Navy sending more mental health help to the USS Abraham Lincoln crew

Dan Gooding / Newsweek:   Trump Rejects USS Lincoln Deployment Concerns—'Not Nearly Long Enough'

Adam Kinzinger:   They Signed Up to Serve. They Didn't Sign Up for This.

Justin Walker / NewsNation:   USS Abraham Lincoln to return home soon amid controversy over living conditions

The Bulwark:   BREAKING: Trump Says USS Lincoln Deployment Hasn't Gone on “Nearly Long Enough” | Command Post

Charlie McCarthy / NewsMax.com:   CENTCOM Slams USS Lincoln ‘Misreporting’

Kate Brannen / Just Security:   Sign up to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here.  —  A curated weekday guide …

Straight Arrow:   USS Lincoln crew strained by record deployment; Midwest flooding turns deadly

WBUR:   Reports raise concerns about conditions aboard the long-deployed U.S.S. Lincoln

Leif Le Mahieu / The Daily Wire:   U.S. Military Responds To Disturbing Claims Coming From American Warship

Scott MacFarlane Reports:   Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln - Live with Scott MacFarlane & Aaron Parnas

CBS News:   Hegseth says conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are “completely misrepresented”

Melissa Koenig / Daily Mail:   Pete Hegseth hits back at reports of distressing conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln amid claims sailors tried to jump overboard as it emerges one was rescued from the water

 NBC News:

Trump dismisses military families' concerns about grim conditions on USS Lincoln  —  Asked if he was worried that the ship's deployment had gone on too long, Trump said it was “not nearly long enough.” … President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns from families of service members …

Discussion:

Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:   USS Abraham Lincoln returning home

NPR:   Sen. Ruben Gallego on handling of USS Lincoln conditions: 'That's not proper leadership'

Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:   New aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln

Nia Prater / New York Magazine:   War-Beleaguered Crew of USS Abraham Lincoln Will Finally Get Some Relief

France 24:   Trump says record Navy deployment in Iran operations ‘not nearly long enough’

Ian Prasad Philbrick / Slate:   Trump on Long-Suffering Sailors: “Not Nearly Long Enough”

Bloomberg:   Trump Dismisses Concerns Over Conditions Aboard USS Lincoln

Charlie D'Agata / CBS News:   USS Abraham Lincoln sailor's dad worries about crew: “They should not be deployed this long”

Shea Taylor / Straight Arrow:   USS Lincoln nears relief after record deployment amid reports of strain aboard

NewsNation:   Sailor mental strain peaks aboard USS Lincoln: Reports

Nathaniel Reed / Scripps News:   Lawmakers demand answers about deteriorating conditions aboard US warships

Washington Times:   ‘Completely misrepresented’: Hegseth disputes reports of poor conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:   A Floating Nightmare  —  A note to readers: This piece discusses attempted suicide and self-harm.

ABC News:   Democrats demand answers about conditions aboard USS Lincoln

 Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:

Trump dismisses families' concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions  —  The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea has been deployed for nearly nine months.  —  President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the concerns of military families about worsening conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln …

Discussion:

Politico:   Trump's demands threaten Navy's progress

Donica Phifer / Axios:   Trump shrugs off concerns about USS Abraham Lincoln

Alex Sundby / CBS News:   Iran War Updates: Trump dismisses concerns about U.S. warship, says nearly 9-month deployment “not nearly long enough”

Sara Dorn / Forbes:   Trump Says USS Lincoln Hasn't Been Deployed ‘Nearly Long Enough’—Denies Families' Concerns

National Politics:   President Trump Says USS Lincoln is Moving and Has Not Been Deployed “Long Enough”

 Associated Press:

Trump says USS Lincoln's record time at sea during Iran operations ‘not nearly long enough’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard …

Discussion:

Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal:   3 Reasons Extended Carrier Deployments Take Such a Heavy Toll at Sea

Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:   USS Abraham Lincoln controversy likely to loom over Pentagon

Rachel Dobkin / The Independent:   USS Lincoln sailor's wife blasts dismissive Trump over ‘appalling’ conditions on ‘floating metal prison’

The Guardian:   Trump downplays concerns about sailors onboard USS Abraham Lincoln amid record deployment

Don Jacobson / UPI:   USS Abraham Lincoln ending long deployment amid health concerns

Stephanie Bai / The Atlantic:   Eight Perfect Series Finales

Honolulu Star-Advertiser:   USS Abraham Lincoln deployment ‘not nearly long enough,’ Trump says

Emily Goodin / New York Post:   Trump shrugs off concerns about conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln, says deployment has been ‘not nearly long enough’

Washington Times:   Trump says sailors on USS Lincoln were not deployed for too long

Priyanka Shankar / Al Jazeera:   US threatens ‘indefinite’ blockade against Iran: How long can it last?

Bloomberg:   Reed: No Good Choices at Moment With Iran

CBS News:   Families of USS Lincoln crew report dismal conditions as record deployment continues

Lim Hui Jie / CNBC:   U.S. to use economic tactics on Iran ‘that have never been seen’; Navy works to relieve troubled carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

 Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Dismisses Reports About Dire Conditions Aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Discussion:

Atrios / Eschaton:   Logistics Is For Girlymen  —  Did Pete even send them their testosterone doses?

Steve Benen / MS NOW:   Pressed on conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump says all the wrong things

Filip Timotija / The Hill:   Trump: USS Abraham Lincoln family members not concerned about conditions

Torrie Herrington / NOTUS:   Trump Says Relief Is Coming for Beleaguered Sailors on USS Abraham Lincoln

 ABC News:
Trump says record USS Lincoln deployment ‘not nearly long enough’

Discussion:

CBS News:   Trump downplays concerns of mental health issues aboard USS Lincoln

Priya Sridhar / MS NOW:   Navy scrambles to deploy aircraft carrier to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln in Iran war

Al Jazeera:   Trump dismisses mental health concerns on USS Lincoln aircraft carrier

TMZ.com:   Trump Says USS Lincoln Deployment ‘Not Nearly Long Enough’

 MS NOW:
‘The boat is finally getting to me’: Wife of USS Abraham Lincoln sailor who jumped overboard shares texts

Discussion:

CNN:   The Lead with Jake Tapper

Los Angeles Times:   Trump says USS Abraham Lincoln deployment ‘not nearly long enough’ amid outcry from families

To the Contrary:   A Hot Independent Summer?

Phillip Nieto / Daily Mail:   Trump's callous response as US sailors throw themselves overboard in Iran war and grim photos of food emerge

The Hill:   House incumbents are having a historically bad year

Evan Hurst / Wonkette:   Secretary Of Playing Dress-Up Calls Sailors On USS Abraham Lincoln Liars

Edith Olmsted / New Republic:   Trump Brushes Off Concerns About Sailors Living in Squalid Conditions

William Kristol / The Bulwark:   The Troops Deserve Better than Hegseth

FIRST DRAFT:   Trump Logic Fails To Launch (Again)

Tengrain / Mock Paper Scissors:   Cadet Bone Spurs Great Adventure: Iran Going Swimmingly Well

Eleanor Watson / CBS News:   New aircraft carrier heads to Middle East amid concerns about USS Lincoln conditions

Anthony Orrico / HuffPost:   Wife Says Navy Failed To Inform Her Of Sailor Husband's ‘Suicide Attempt’ For 4 Days

BBC:   Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Carrier Sailor's Wife Says Husband Jumped Overboard And Pentagon Is “Just Trying To Cover This Up” [VIDEO]

Joseph Stepansky / Al Jazeera:   Reports of US sailors in Middle East trying to jump ship spark outcry

NBC News:   No supplies, a food shortage and dark thoughts: Families of sailors describe life on the USS Lincoln

Katherine Plummer / Military.com:   Lawmakers Demand Answers From Navy on USS Abraham Lincoln Conditions at Sea

Brett T. / twitchy.com:   CNN's Erin Burnett Looks Into ‘Multiple’ Sailors Trying to Go Overboard on the USS Abraham Lincoln

Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:   Dems quiz Pentagon about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln after reports of sailors trying to jump overboard

Friday 'Phone-In

"Hello? Hello? Anybody there?"

Two Of The Worst People In The World Today. Not That There Aren't Millions Of Other Despicable Moron Shitheels Out There.

Your Father The Convicted Bank Robber, Rudy?

Media Matters for America:
Rudy Giuliani: Young people struggling economically are “privileged little shits” who need “somebody like my father to kick the shit out of them”  —  Giuliani: “Well who cares if they're squeezing?  Their grandparents felt the Depression and were pro-American.  They don't have anything like the Depression.
Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   Giuliani: Younger Generation Is “Privileged Little Shits Who Need To Have The Shit Kicked Out Them” [VIDEO]

What'll you bet Rudy had "the shit kicked out of him" more than once by his loving pater? Italians just suck, & I say that as someone of one-quarter wop-a-dago descent.

One other horrid person who certainly needs the shit kicked out of her, because there is a lot of it in her behind that cross.

Are you f'ng kidding me?:
Goodbye, You Poisonous Fucking Fraud  —  Karoline Leavitt, that evil lying bitch, is leaving the White House.  —  Good.  —  The most repulsively mendacious, soul-insolvent Trump-era skank ever to plant herself behind that podium, open the festering sewage aperture of her foul mouth …

OUT DEMONS OUT!!When are you fucking sheep going to wise up & expel the demons, & w/ bullets, not ballots. We need a final solution to these people, if you know what I mean.

Crummier Food At Higher Prices

And if it's worse next summer? Who knows what will happen? Always the possibility the Gulf Stream will collapse & these will be remembered as the "good" old days.

Thursday's Terror Threats

"May Be Severe & Lead To Death"

Nothing is even worth the effort of a threat. I won't waste my beautiful mind by acknowledging all the horrible things all of the awful people do for which they should all be threatened & terrorized. Speaking of which, still exhausted, enervated, run down & barely able to function, because I've been terrorized & threatened every day of my existence since being sent to school. Not that the parents are innocent, but once school started it was every damn day as some "grown-up" piece of shit humanoid w/ 100 lbs. & several feet on me shoved me around & told me what to do. Fucking two-bit thug bullies.

Why Bother Wednesday

No one will bother to tell me why I should bother. And I shouldn't.

Tedious Tuesday Is Terminal Tedium

USS Reluctant Anchored Off Ennui

Glenn Secrest

"For the most part it stays on its regular run, from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to Ennui, a distance of two thousand nautical miles from Tedium."

Route of the cargo ship U.S.S. Reluctant, in the 1946 novel Mister Roberts. Tell me about it. This rustbucket doesn't even move, & I haven't opened the door or had pants on since early Friday evening.

The Hell's Going On Down South?

Another Huge Quake Kills Hundreds

C'mon planet, wake up some volcanoes while you're at it.

Monday Almost Nothing

Would've 'phoned this in but, 'though the lights were on & the 'phone rang, there was nobody home. (There never is in these United Snakes. Whole fucking country's permanently out to lunch.)

Conversely, America is the birthplace of the blues & its chillun, but that was over 100 yrs. ago.

 One of the children of the blues: Remastered orig. disc:Bonus track w/ two alt. takes.

One never knows where an item is headed.

I Told You

I've mentioned that everything's made of shit & we're all dying many times in this space. Try as you will, you can't deny that the open grave, a crematorium or a donation to science await you all. And now, evidence that shit is responsible for everything.

On the origin of feces: how animal poo drove Earth’s greatest evolutionary event

Can't fool this reporter for a minute!

Summer Re-Run

Now dead, disappeared or actively aiding & abetting Fat Don in looting & destroying our nation. Wonderful people.

Still Beat

And dead inside.

It's certainly a world of shit & pain, & needs to be completely refurbished, by force. How else?

Smart People Getting Out

A bit ironic, innit?

Emigration of doctors, engineers, other highly educated Israelis hits record high

Israel Tax Authority research finds a near-doubling in five years of skilled, high-earning Israelis leaving; expert warns the trend risks becoming a spiral effect, difficult to reverse

Guessing many if not most of these people are decent humans, meaning the electorate is probably getting more bloodthirsty. Which will, in turn, drive more decent people out. Good job by all in destroying their nation.

[The Times of Israel]

QOTD: Lest You Ignoramuses Forget

A reminder of one of the eternal states of the nation, from Politicalprof:

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

Isaac Asimov

The entire essay.